Dreams of the City (Ahlam al-Madina) أحلام المدينة | |
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Directed by | Mohamed Malas |
Written by |
Mohamed Malas Samir Zikra |
Produced by | General Organization for Cinema |
Starring |
Rafiq Sbei'i Hicham Khchefati Yasmine Khlat Bassel Abyad Ayman Zeidan |
Cinematography | Ordijan Anjin |
Edited by | Haitham Kuwwatli |
Distributed by | General Organization for Cinema |
Release date |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
Country | Syria |
Language | Arabic |
Dreams of the City or Ahlam al-Madina ( Arabic: أحلام المدينة, lit. 'Dreams of the City') is a Syrian feature drama film by director Mohamed Malas. It is a coming-of-age story of a boy forced to flee his native Quneitra to Damascus in the turbulent 1950s. [1]
The story is an autobiography of Dib, the main character in the film. Dib was brought up by a brutal father-in-law and a mother who was forced into a new marriage. This is partly an aubiography of Malas himself. It is set against the backdrop of the major political events of the 1950s in Syria and Egypt: the end of the dictatorship in Syria, Gamal Abdel Nasser's ascent to power and the nationalisation of the Suez Canal, and the short-lived The United Arab Republic between Syria and Egypt in 1958. [1] [2]
Dreams of the City (Ahlam al-Madina) أحلام المدينة | |
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Directed by | Mohamed Malas |
Written by |
Mohamed Malas Samir Zikra |
Produced by | General Organization for Cinema |
Starring |
Rafiq Sbei'i Hicham Khchefati Yasmine Khlat Bassel Abyad Ayman Zeidan |
Cinematography | Ordijan Anjin |
Edited by | Haitham Kuwwatli |
Distributed by | General Organization for Cinema |
Release date |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
Country | Syria |
Language | Arabic |
Dreams of the City or Ahlam al-Madina ( Arabic: أحلام المدينة, lit. 'Dreams of the City') is a Syrian feature drama film by director Mohamed Malas. It is a coming-of-age story of a boy forced to flee his native Quneitra to Damascus in the turbulent 1950s. [1]
The story is an autobiography of Dib, the main character in the film. Dib was brought up by a brutal father-in-law and a mother who was forced into a new marriage. This is partly an aubiography of Malas himself. It is set against the backdrop of the major political events of the 1950s in Syria and Egypt: the end of the dictatorship in Syria, Gamal Abdel Nasser's ascent to power and the nationalisation of the Suez Canal, and the short-lived The United Arab Republic between Syria and Egypt in 1958. [1] [2]